Columbia Business Magazine Winter 2021

Rather than measure your progress by how far you’ve hit the ball on a hole, it’s more valuable to look at the decrease in the average strokes it takes you to finish a hole from where you are.

When Austin Cohen ’16 (’11CC) was an undergrad, he studied neuroscience, planning to become a doctor. Come senior year, Cohen realized that his heart wasn’t in medicine; still, his passion for health never wavered, so he set out to create a fitness brand that would keep users in shape no matter where they are.

A popular course seeks to understand the roots of polarization in America, and train future business leaders to heal the rift.